The funeral of Dr. Luger, the Burgomaster of Vienna, was
the occasion of remarkable scenes on Monday. The Emperor was present at the service in the Cathedral, and the Times correspondent says that fully a million reverent spectators Tined the streets along which the funeral pkocession
passed. Next to the Emperor, Dr. Lueger was probably the most popular man in Austria. Yet it is impossible that his type, with its strange mingling of Christian Socialism and Anti-Semitism, should be repeated, or, if it should be repeated, should ever exercise a similar influence on the populace. Dr. Lueger had an astonishing instinct for preaching a policy in just the words which would attach men to himself. But to his credit it must be said that, with all his defects, he was never a demagogue. He proved to the satisfaction of the people that their interests required the preservation of the Throne and of their country, and convinced them that Austria- Hungary, so far from being a tottering State, had a wonderful future. Yet at the end of his life Social Democracy was causing battalions of his disciples to break away from him.
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